https://www.acacamps.org/blog/what-everybody-should-know-about-risk-management

We all know we don’t operate at our best all the time. So what do we need to understand in order to manage that risk, especially at this time of year in the summer camp season?  Remember...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/importance-camp-friendships

Kids come home from camp with lots of stories — games they played, meals they ate, and, most importantly, friendships they formed. Often times, the relationships formed at camp have a lifelong impact...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/5-things-all-parents-should-know-about-todays-camps

Results from ACA’s latest Emerging Issues Survey are in! The camp experience has been around for more than 150 years, and camps are constantly evolving to meet the needs of today’s kids and...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camps-leader-learning

Guest post by Lance Ozier Summers have always belonged to children, and the traditionally fun activities that kids enjoy while on vacation at camp might not seem to have any relationship...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-people

I think on a Facebook post someone asked: “How do YOU define ‘camp people’? We use that term all the time, and one of my parents asked me. I know what I mean, but how do the rest of you...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/aca-makes-it-possible

Dear Friends, Passion provides hope, direction, and vision. One quality I admire the most in the camp community is the dedication and commitment to the children we all serve. It is what we all do...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/programs-designed-let-campers-shine-2016-eleanor-eells-award-winners

Each year, ACA's Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence recognizes camps that epitomize the award's namesake by developing exemplary programming that effectively and creatively responds to the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/tish-july-2016

I am writing this from Chicago, where I chaired my last in-person American Camp Association Board of Directors meeting. The six years I spent on the board (four as chair) have been an amazing...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/aca-accreditation-talking-points-camp-directors

ACA encourages camps to utilize the following talking points when discussing ACA-Accreditation with the media, parents, or other groups. These key messages will enable you to explain the importance...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/evaluating-appreciation-possibility-friendship-skills-camp-youth-serious-illness

The purpose of this evaluation was to understand the outcomes of appreciation, possibility, and friendship skills in a traditional camp program for youth with serious and life-threatening illnesses....